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The Carolina Panthers released a Draft video which showed the Minnesota Vikings and general manager Rick Spielman made an offer to move up to the #8 pick. It didn't pan out. But the implications are fun. Let's explore.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Vikings Tried to Trade Up to 8?
• (4:50) Dalvin a Tier 2 RB?
• (11:30) O-Line Depth Charts
• (16:52) Jarius Wright?
• (19:03) Best Selling NFL Jerseys
• (26:46) Guy Fieri Makes Less Than Kirk

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The first week of Minnesota Vikings Organized Team Activities (OTAs) Phase 3 is in the books. Here's 5 things we learned about the future Super Bowl Champions.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) 5 Lessons from OTAs
• (4:57) 2022 Salary Cap Ceiling Set
• (7:14) Vikings NEED Danielle
• (10:08) BELIEVE in Harrison Hand
• (12:26) Geno Atkins?

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Minnesota Vikings general manager was on The Rich Eisen Show on Tuesday and he committed to quarterback Kirk Cousins for the next 2 seasons, while at the same time hyping up rookie gunslinger Kellen Mond.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Spielman Backs Cousins
• (4:34) Don't Expect Danielle at OTAs
• (7:53) Cap Ramifications if Danielle is Traded
• (10:15) Don't Sweat 1st Team O-Line
• (13:54) Zimmer Odds
• (16:35) Bisi WR3?

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Last year Minnesota Vikings linebacker Cameron Smith missed the season after needing open heart surgery. Now the former USC Trojan is making an amazing comeback.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Cameron Smith Comeback
• (2:54) Danielle Missed Monday OTAs
• (5:15) How Ezra Can Become ELITE at Guard
• (8:23) Vikings Claime C Cohl Cabral
• (11:04) RB Kene Nwangwu is a Wild Card
• (13:49) PFF Disrespects Brian O'Neill

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Forecasting who the 2021 Minnesota Vikings MVPs, Most Improved, X-Factors, and other categories will be.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) 2020 Draft Class
• (13:07) Vikings Offer Bashaud Breeland
• (15:50) Phase 3 of OTAs
• (18:11) Ezra Can Become an ELITE Guard
• (21:19) Diesel Dalvin Tomlinson

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After the 2020 NFL Draft, Pro Football Focus graded the Minnesota Vikings record 15 player class as an A. One year later, with the emergence of Justin Jefferson and Cameron Dantzler, they've upgraded that class to an A+.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) 2020 Draft Class
• (3:44) Baushad Breeland Visited Vikings
• (6:21) Pass Rush Order
• (9:06) LB Tuf Borland Exciting UDFA
• (11:22) Top-10 Offense?
• (16:50) Ranking the Top-15 QBs

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Minnesota Vikings rookie Kellen Mond is seen as The Quarterback of The Future, but there's a few things he could learn from incumbent starter Kirk Cousins. Here are 5 of them.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) 5 Things Mond Can Learn from Cousins
• (7:14) BR Ranked Vikings Defense 10th
• (10:24) Year 3 is it for Bradbury
• (12:58) PFF Ranks Jefferson/Thielen Top-10
• (17:39) Randy Moss vs Tyreek Hill?

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has the best opportunity in his career to win a Super Bowl. Despite having his heir apparent Kellen Mond behind him. ANGRY KIRK needs to show up in 2021.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Angry Kirk
• (5:54) No Excuses for Zim & Spielman
• (11:49) Vikings "High Variance"
• (19:29) Week by Week Lines
• (27:45) Irv Smith jr Ranked 26th TE

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Pro Football Focus released their initial 2021 NFL Power Rankings and the Minnesota Vikings clocked in at... TWENTY-THREE. And only have a projected 0.9% chance of winning the Super Bowl.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) PFF Rekts Vikings
• (3:09) Kelly Kleine Hired as Broncos #2
• (5:25) Hypothetical Broncos-Packers Aaron Rodgers Trade
• (9:18) Vikings Sign CB Parry Nickerson
• (11:15) Sign WR Jamison Crowder?

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CBS Sports analyst Jeff Kerr made the case that the 2021 NFL Draft, where the Minnesota Vikings selected two starting offensive linemen and a speedy WR3, actually HURT quarterback Kirk Cousins. Just because of the selection of Kellen Mond, The QB of the Future.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) The Draft HURT Kirk?
• (3:30) Leber to Jefferson: Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds
• (8:44) Vikings-Broncos Joint Practices
• (10:38) Vikings Sign 2 UDFA Tryouts
• (13:09) PFF Projects Starting Lineups

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The Minnesota Vikings held rookie camp over the weekend. Here are 5 takeaways from the QB Kellen Mond, LT Christian Darrisaw, and the rest of the rookies' first action in Purple.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) 5 Rookie Camp Takeaways
• (6:55) 5 UDFA Tryouts
• (9:27) Mike Hughes Traded to Chiefs
• (12:02) Andre Patterson Hypes Rookie Linemen
• (17:31) Latest on the Jeff Gladney Situation

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The Minnesota Vikings have begun signing their 11 draft picks from the 2021 NFL Draft with 5th round picks WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette and TE Zach Davidson inking up before the start of rookie mini-camp this weekend.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Vikings Sign Smith-Marsette and Davidson
• (2:32) NFL.com Analytics Hate the Vikings
• (5:28) Packers Sign Blake Bortles
• (7:18) Kirk Cousins MVP?
• (10:02) Jerry Burns Passes Away at 94
• (10:59) Vikings Trying Out OT Evin Ksiezarczyk

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Breaking down the 2021 Minnesota Vikings schedule and talking about where the Vikes got a break, where there will be a tough stretch, and how the Purple will (obviously) go 17-0.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Vikings 2021 Schedule
• (3:05) Week 1 @ Bengals
• (13:02) Reaction to Week 1 NFL Schedule
• (19:22) No. Jefferson Didn't Throw Shade at Cousins
• (24:35) Trade for Julio?

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The Minnesota Vikings are reportedly interested in free agent edge rusher Ryan Kerrigan, formerly of the Washington Football Team, per Darren Wolfson of KSTP Sports. What could the former Purdue Boilermaker and 4-time Pro Bowler bring to the Vikings defense?

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Ryan Kerrigan
• (3:20) Dede Westbrook
• (6:17) Cameron Dantzler Adding Weight
• (9:06) Post-Draft NFL Power Rankings

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We ranked the 2021 NFL Draft quarterbacks based on the situation they find themselves in with their new teams.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Ranking Rookie QB Situations
• (11:18) Vikings Fields Interest was Minimal
• (15:35) Extend Brian O'Neill
• (18:19) Thielen Trashes Lambeau
• (20:38) O-Line Combinations

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NFL.com graded the 2021 Minnesota Vikings Draft class (arguably the greatest in NFL history) as THIRD BEST in the NFC North, behind the desperate Chicago Bears and the 10-year rebuild Detroit Lions.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) NFC North Draft Grades
• (11:30) Extend Harrison Smith
• (14:30) Sign Trai Turner
• (17:30) No Comp Picks in 2022

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With the 2021 Minnesota Vikings rookie class drafted, now it's time to look at the financial impact of their upcoming contracts on the salary cap.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Rookie Salary Cap Impact
• (4:24) 53 Man Projection
• (13:28) Vikings Signed TE Shane Zylstra
• (16:32) How Jefferson Spent His First $1M
• (23:24) Jefferson Lifting
• (27:03) Favre Thinks Rodgers is Done

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Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman reiterated his support for the Tin Pot Pizza Ranch dictator stating "Right now, there's no question that Kirk Cousins is our quarterback." Depsite the selecion of Texas A&N's Kellen Mond in the 3rd round.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Kellen and Kirk
• (4:46) ESPN stat projections
• (11:36) Rookies Assigned Numbers

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With the selection of Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond, the Minnesota Vikings the best of both worlds. They have the present with Kirk Cousins AND the future with Mond.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Kellen and Kirk
• (4:58) 6 Winners from the Draft
• (10:56) Janarius Robinson SLEEPER
• (14:39) Luck or Skill?
• (17:53) Kellen Mond LOL Tweet

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The Minnesota Vikings 2021 NFL Draft class is in the books. Time for the way-too-early Draft Grades! How did the Vikes do in the eyes of the "experts"? Let's find out.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Vikings Draft Grades
• (5:00) 5 Veterans on the Bubble
• (9:48) Vikings Decline Mike Hughes 5th Year Option
• (12:16) Aaron Rodgers Drama
• (16:49) RG3 Slays Cousins
• (20:05) Stefon Diggs Can't Let the Vikings Go

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The Minnesota Vikings have signed 10 undrafted free agents (UDFAs) so far to fill out the 90 man roster. John Randles and Adam Thielens. All of them.

-K Riley Patterson - Memphis
-RB Alim Rose - Kentucky
-WR Blake Proehl - E. Carolina
-WR Whop Philyor - Indiana
-WR Myron Mitchell - UAB
-ED Zeandae Johnson - Cal
-LB Christian Ellis - Idaho
-DT Jordon Scott - Oregon
-LB Tuf Borland - Ohio State
-LS Turner Bernard - San Diego St

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Vikings UDFAs
• (8:13) OL Most Improved
• (13:10) Who Won the Vikings-Jets Trade?

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The Minnesota Vikings potentially have landed one of the most impressive NFL Draft classes in history. We recap all the picks from fracnhise left tackle Christian Darrisaw, future franchise quarterback Kellen Mond, down to defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman who could be the steal of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Timestamps:
• (0:45) Draft Class Recap
• (12:40) Iowa State RB Kene Ngwangwu
• (14:48) Cal CB/S Camryn Bynum
• (16:32) Florida State DE Janarius Robinson
• (19:30) Iowa WR Ihmir Smith-Marsette
• (22:58) Central Missouri TE/P Zach Davidson
• (25:36) Pitt DT Jaylen Twyman

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The Minnesota Vikings may have landed a historic haul in the 3rd round of the 2021 NFL Draft

Timestamps:
• (0:45) 3rd Round (66) Texas A&M Kellen Mond
• (5:35) 3rd Round (78) UNC LB Chazz Surratt
• (9:11) 3rd Round (86) Ohio State OG Wyatt Davis
• (14:47) 3rd Round (90) Pitt DE Patrick Jones II

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